Chris Lowney’s speech at the WUJA Congress 2013

  Brussels, 31 March, 2014 Dear Brother and Sister Alum, Peace and blessings to all of you in your association from all of the members of the World Council of the World Union of Jesuit Alumni. As president of WUJA, I would like to first thank you for your continuous support of WUJA. Without you,…

On this day of the feast of St. Ignatius, we unite in the joy to all the Jesuits in the world to tell them our gratitude to know them. We think particularly of two of them: Jorge Mario Bergoglio, our pope, and Paolo Dall’Oglio, detained for two years in Syria. May the Jesuit Alumni give…

We are very glad to welcome you on our new website. With a revamped style and a mobile-friendly design, this is the richest source of information about the Jesuit Alumni worldwide movement.   Under the impetus of its president Alain Deneef, WUJA wanted to build a stronger presence on the Internet in order to inform…

To develop these resolutions, Congress participants were invited after each morning and afternoon session for three days to use Individual Reflection Forms and to share in Discernment Sessions in small groups and submit Table Group Reports. The responses reflected key insights and highest hopes for actions flowing from this WUJA Congress for living the Jesuit…

In 2021, the Society of Jesus celebrates the 500th anniversary of the wounding of Ignatius of Loyola at the siege of Pamplona. On this occasion, an Ignatian year has been decreed. WUJA will hold its World Congress in July 2022 in Barcelona. On July 30, the members of the organizing committee of the World Congress participated…

As you know, the 5th of February each year is the day chosen for the launch of the Pedro Arrupe World Association’s Arrupe Dollar (or in Europe, the Arrupe Euro) campaign.   5 February 2016, the anniversary of the death of Father Pedro Arrupe, will thus be the launch date for the new campaign, the…